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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the unusual amount of energy cause Mat to do?
(a) Construct a monument in Jack's honor.
(b) Stay up all night thinking about Jack.
(c) Build a shed.
(d) Drive all night long to be with Clara.

2. Why doesn't Jack recognize Andy?
(a) He has gone blind.
(b) Because of old age and senility.
(c) Andy's face is disfigured from the fire.
(d) He doesn't know Andy.

3. What is significant about Rose McInnis?
(a) She is Jack's cousin.
(b) She was Jack's first girlfriend.
(c) She is the only woman who ever really loved Jack.
(d) She gave Jack his first job.

4. As Andy goes to say good-bye to Old Jack, in what state does Andy find Jack?
(a) As usual, lost in thought.
(b) On the floor, crying.
(c) Laughing hysterically at a memory.
(d) Clutching his chest.

5. After changing his feelings about Rose, what did Jack decide to accept about his marriage?
(a) It was time to make the marriage work.
(b) It could withstand a friendship with another woman.
(c) It was loveless.
(d) That he needed to stay faithful to his wife even though he didn't want to.

6. Who is Glad Pettit?
(a) Jack's cousin.
(b) Clara's husband.
(c) Jack's son with Rose.
(d) Ruth's brother.

7. How did Jack feel on the day he paid off the mortgage to the bank?
(a) Like a man freed from a prison sentence.
(b) Sad because there was nothing to work for anymore.
(c) No different than before the mortgage was paid off.
(d) Angry that he had to work his whole life to pay off the mortgage.

8. How is Rose living during the second period of time in which Jack encounters her?
(a) Depressed.
(b) In filth.
(c) Alone.
(d) With friends.

9. What does Mat do in his backyard on the night after Jack's service?
(a) Cries.
(b) Contemplates Jack in silence.
(c) Prepares his own funeral service.
(d) Builds another barn.

10. Where is Andy getting ready to go?
(a) College.
(b) War.
(c) Iowa.
(d) England.

11. What is Jack's relationship with Clara?
(a) He provides money for her.
(b) They used to like each other, but now they don't.
(c) He is very close to her.
(d) They live in the same house, but they fight all of the time.

12. What made Clara not feel at home in Port William any more?
(a) Her parents died and the house she grew up in sold.
(b) New people who moved into Port William changed it drastically.
(c) She went to college.
(d) The war changed her view of Port William.

13. Who comes to pay their respects as Jack lies in the coffin?
(a) Clara and Margaret.
(b) Glad, Clara, and people from town.
(c) Just friends from town.
(d) Only Glad and Clara.

14. Why has Jack's lawyer been away from the country?
(a) He has been working as a legal advocate.
(b) He was trying to open a business in town.
(c) He decided he liked the city better than the country.
(d) His mother was dying.

15. How did Jack's feelings toward Rose change after the accident?
(a) He felt it was time to become her friend instead of just doing business with her.
(b) He felt like they could be friends even though he was still married.
(c) He decided to stop silencing his urges toward her.
(d) He felt it was time to stop gossiping about her.

Short Answer Questions

1. At the beginning of Chapter 9, why does Jack sit down once he reaches his destination?

2. What is the best description of Glad Pettit's financial status?

3. How was Ben killed?

4. When Mat watches the Pettits leave, what does he realize?

5. Where did Ruth go after her heart attack?

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